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  1. male nurse haircut rules

    belgarion replied to albert6jed's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I agree in that usually you know the rules going in so if your hair or beard means that much to you you can always turn down the job offer. That said, the county where the hospital I work for is...

  2. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    belgarion replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Okay, where I work we don't get reamed for not giving a diabetic a piece of cake. Management doesn't get on us because we didn't give someone their pain meds three hours early. Or because the...

  3. How long till you receive nclex-pn test results?

    belgarion replied to babyglocs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got my results in 48 hrs through "quick results" and my license was listed on the Tx BON website the next day. Dang, could have save eight bucks if I had known it would be that quick. Have you...

  4. Does your day shift have food days?

    belgarion replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am from a lot of older people like those things. I never developed that taste but I do enjoy pickled pigs' feet on occasion. I also like pickled eggs but for some reason or another my family...

  5. Pet peeve

    belgarion replied to Up2nogood RN's topic in General Nursing

    1) Docs and lab techs wearing the same lab coat day after day around a dozen or more different patients. Where I work nurses aren't even allowed to wear a lab coat into a patient room but the doctors...

  6. Customer Service...........yay or nay?

    belgarion replied to eriksoln's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Personally when I have been a patient I couldn't stand to see a phony smile or listen to a scripted greeting or closing. After hearing the exact same litany from a dozen different people I'm ready to...

  7. The positive side of nursing...PLEASE!!!

    belgarion replied to sarahsmile44's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in a rural area so it is impossible not to run into former patients from time to time. When I am in Wally World and I hear someone call out "hey, that's my nurse!" and they come...

  8. Honest thoughts on Job Market

    belgarion replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    We have a half dozen "openings" for RNs and LVNs where I work. Will anyone be hired to fill them? NO! I have also seen openings in most of the cities in West Texas as well as various facilities in...

  9. interview questions for Lvn position

    belgarion replied to mycafelatte's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    One thing you rarely see mentioned sounds really stupid but at the end of an interview, when it is your turn to sum up, don't forget to ASK FOR THE JOB. You may think that the fact you applied, came...

  10. Okay to email a potential boss?

    belgarion replied to Bumashes's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think nursing is the only profession where this would even be an issue. Follow-up calls and e-mails are SOP in the universe I came from. When I was in management, no manager in my organization...

  11. To Fall or Not To Fall?

    belgarion replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, if the patient goes down, it's a fall. It doesn't matter if it's controlled or not. In addition, if you go down controlling the fall, you fell too and have to fill out two incident...

  12. Poor nurses

    belgarion replied to gettingbsn2msn's topic in General Nursing

    I fully agree that nurses (LVNs and RNs) are for the most part grossly underpaid for what they do. But I also find it strange that some folks find it so offensive that someone with little education...

  13. Who is happy and satisfied being an lpn and doesn't plan being an rn? Reasons?

    belgarion replied to futurenurse1710's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agee that you should try for a year or so and see how you feel about things before making a decision. Personally I am a learning junkie so I am leaning heavily towards getting my RN (even at my...

  14. Pros and cons of where LPNs can work

    belgarion replied to suzy2812's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a small county hospital where we have more LVNs than RNs. While we do acute care, we have so many swingbed patients the place sometimes resembles an LTC. The big stuff gets sent to the...

  15. Can lpn's become dialysis nurses?

    belgarion replied to angelcarmichael's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My wife is on dialysis and in the center she goes to they have three LVNs and six or seven RNs. Most of the RNs started out working there as a tech and the company paid for them to go to school....

  16. Time Off Requests

    belgarion replied to syrlisa's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am you are allowed to accumulate a certain amount of PTO and then they start making you "use it or lose it." Unfortunately, thats about the only way you will get to use your PTO. From a...

  17. CEO pay in your hospital

    belgarion replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

  18. What age will you retire?

    belgarion replied to phlox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm already tired. Not quite sure when I will

  19. OK, so I am whining but....

    belgarion replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    See if you can find a job coach to check your interview technique. You might be accidentally letting your unhappiness show through even if you don't bad mouth your current employer. As far as the...

  20. fired if they don't like the color of your nail polish...

    belgarion replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not I was once denied a promotion because I don't drink coffee. The taste literally makes me sick to my stomach and the smell isn't much better. The big wig who stopped the promotion...

  21. "Nurse" wins powerball

    belgarion replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Who the @#$% cares what license, if any, she holds and what does it have to do with winning the lottery? She probably won't be working any more. If I ever win my employeer wouldn't even get me back...

  22. nurse nonrecruiters

    belgarion replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    I think the real purpose of the recruiters is to "protect" the floor managers from having to deal with such pesky matters as who they will have working on their floorand dealing with patients. That...

  23. What has ended up in your pockets?

    belgarion replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    The usual alcohol swabs, flushes, and c-sheets I forgot to run through the shredder. We have to do the resp. txs. at night so I sometimes find a unit dose of albuterol, atrovent, brovana, etc. The...

  24. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    belgarion replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    We used to make the joke about a coworker that his grandfather must have been a cat. You know, nine

  25. Missed fingerstick

    belgarion replied to CC918's topic in General Nursing

    Somewhat off topic but the hospital where my wife is a frequent guest has a policy that the BS isn't done until the tray arrives on the floor. The tray is left at the nurses station until the finger...